On Mar 5, 2004 at 00:19, Timothy Murphy in a soothing rage wrote: >Ow Mun Heng wrote: > >>> i want exact steps ... possibly after getting the kernel >>> running to have sound etc.i know how to use nvidia dricvers. > >> make xconfig >> make bzImage modules >> make modules_install install >> reboot and choose your kernel.. > >I've taken to saying "make oldconfig xconfig" >to avoid a lot of complaints about undefined config variables. >(These are only complaints - they don't stop the later compilation.) > >I'm wondering if there is any rationale for doing this? Yep, make oldconfig uses the .config it finds and pulls in all the new options. I normally do this too but prefer menuconfig since I generally do this from a different box. N.Emile... -- Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org) Switch to: http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/190653 Mr. Rockford? You don't know me, but I'd like to hire you. Could you call me at... My name is... uh... Never mind, forget it! -- "The Rockford Files" 20:31:29 up 92 days, 1:18, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
